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samwhiteUK

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    Comment #45423742

    Unbelievably cool, well done!

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    Comment #45027139

    15 days/15 minutes is not a coincidence at all. They were both present in v1.5. For 15 days, usage was unlimited. After day 15, recordings were limited to 15 minutes. In v1.6, the …

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    Comment #45024935

    Exactly this. I want a big toggle that I can turn on in developer settings (perhaps make it more involved than that, but you get the gist) that says "I acknowledge that from here o…

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    Comment #44299737

    That Newsweek one would have had me stumped for a little, I think. I like to think I'm pretty tech-savvy, but not knowing Newsweek, that looks a little bit like a logo to me. I thi…

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    Comment #42115197

    I remember using CWCheat on PSP in the WWE games to create my own custom modes, adding ladders to Royal Rumble etc. Great fun

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    Comment #41839576

    Or $ clipscreen $(slop | tr -s "+x" " ")

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    Comment #39202913

    Is this a joke? Am I about to get whooshed?

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    Comment #37706811

    Thank you. That answers the question I had which was, "why does trying to get the portal page return a load of data about the plane?"

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    Comment #34532887

    A British man and a Polish man enter a bar. The Polish guy says, "Do you know what they call a beer in Poland?" "No," says the Brit. "They call it a fucking beer."

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    Comment #34502133

    I want to pay 100% of the price, otherwise I'm overpaying.

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    Comment #34502122

    ' “Tipping is about making sure the people who are performing that service for you are getting paid what they’re owed,” said Schenker, who’s been working in the service industry fo…

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    Comment #34451493

    The lighting and sockets should be on separate circuits.

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    Comment #34401316

    They only jump between markers, and only when they will tick to the next marker. Watch for longer.

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    Comment #32549450

    Grabbed one of these a few weeks ago to make a calendar that syncs to Google Calendar. Will be a fun project

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    Comment #32507021

    Firefox allows tags

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    Comment #32495671

    A spreadsheet won't automatically work out and display units for you

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    Comment #32437307

    200 lines a day is ridiculous. A good programmer isn't just someone who writes a lot of code. I'd rather hire someone who writes 3 lines a day, but fixes bugs on the way, than some…

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    Comment #32411821

    I'm going to put my hand up and say I have absolutely no idea how an ISP works. He runs cables to each house in the area... now where does the other end go?

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    Comment #32409430

    There you go talking about the US again and assuming it represents the whole world. You Americans are so bad for that.

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    Comment #32056785

    I assume it's meant to be AC

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    Comment #31727738

    When I want to use negative indices, I pipe the string through rev first, then do my cut, then rev again

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    Comment #31664863

    Why wouldn't it?

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    Comment #31639045

    > like if there was an option when long-pressing the app on the home screen to quickly enable or disable notifications Nice idea

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    Comment #30359347

    Same on Firefox on Linux